Abstract: A stack cell for easy confirmation of separator folding, includes a plurality of electrodes, a separator disposed between two adjacent electrodes, and a mark formed of a radio-opaque material through which no radiation ray is transmitted, and provided at an edge region of the separator, where the folding of the separator can be easily determined through the position information of the mark through which no radiation ray is transmitted.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrochemical device separator and an electrochemical device including the same. The separator includes a porous polymer substrate and a porous organic/inorganic composite coating layer formed on at least one surface of the polymer substrate, in which the porous coating layer includes particulate binder resins and inorganic particles, and [content of binder particles in an upper portion of a porous coating layer before impregnation with electrolyte/content of binder particles in a central portion of a porous coating layer before impregnation with electrolyte]?[content of binder particles in an upper portion of a porous coating layer after impregnation with electrolyte/content of binder particles in a central portion of a porous coating layer after impregnation with electrolyte] is 0.32 or less.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a cell unit stack in which a plurality of cell units are stacked; a pack case accommodating the cell unit stack in an internal space; and a side wall located at an end of the cell unit stack in the internal space of the pack case and configured to support the pack case. The plurality of cell units are stacked in at least one direction within the cell unit stack, and the cell unit includes one or more pouch-type battery cells and a cell cover configured to at least partially surround the pouch-type battery cells.

Abstract: A battery module of the present disclosure may include: a first group including a plurality of battery cells arranged in a row; a second group spaced apart from the first group and including a plurality of battery cells arranged in a row; a third group including a plurality of battery cells arranged in a row between the first group and the second group; a fourth group spaced apart from the third group and including a plurality of battery cells arranged in a row between the first group and the second group; a fire extinguishing member disposed in a space between the third group and the fourth group; and a case accommodating the first to fourth groups and the fire extinguishing member.

Abstract: A battery management apparatus according to an embodiment disclosed herein includes a microcontroller unit (MCU) for identifying whether a Modbus-communication connector is connected, identifying whether a controller area network (CAN)-communication connector is connected, and configuring a communication protocol based on identification results of the first identifying unit and the second identifying unit.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an adsorption device that adsorbs battery cells loaded in a loading bin and sequentially removes and transports the battery cells. The adsorption device includes a base plate capable of moving vertically and horizontally; a suction unit coupled to the base plate for adsorbing a battery cell located at a lower part of the base plate; and a push unit coupled to the base plate for striking the battery cell to produce a vibration in the battery cell adsorbed by the suction unit. The push unit includes a rod that is lifted up and down and strikes the top surface of the adsorbed battery cell to the lower end part, and the rod descends by the elastic force of a spring.

Abstract: A magnetic alignment device includes a first magnet part and a second magnet part, an alignment measuring part, and a control part. The first and second magnet parts accommodate an electrode sheet therebetween and the alignment measuring part measures an alignment of the carbon-based negative electrode active material with respect to the negative electrode current collector. The control part adjusts the separation distance of the first and second magnet parts based on a degree of the alignment of a carbon-based negative electrode active material. The alignment of the negative electrode active layer dried with the magnetically aligned carbon-based negative electrode active material is measured in real time, and the strength of the magnetic field can be controlled by individually adjusting the spacing distance of the unit magnets according to the alignment of the carbon-based negative electrode active material measured. A method of manufacturing the same is also provided.

Abstract: A die coater includes a first block having an insulating liquid inlet and a second block on the first block. A shim assembly is interposed between the first block and the second block and configured to form a first slit and a second slit separated from each other. The first block includes a fixing portion having a fixing flow path therein that is a transfer path for insulating liquid flowed in through the insulating liquid inlet, and also includes a lip block configured to be coupled to and detachable from the fixing portion and being a front end of the first block. The lip block has an insulating liquid flow path that is connected to the fixing flow path, and is a transfer path for insulating liquid flowed in through the fixing flow path.

Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery comprising: an electrode assembly; a battery case which accommodates the electrode assembly; a first electrolyte which is accommodated in the battery case and primarily impregnates the electrode assembly; and a reinforcement electrolyte member which comprises a packaging material and a second electrolyte, wherein the packaging material is accommodated in the battery case and provided with an oxidation part which is oxidized and decomposed at a set voltage, and the second electrolyte is stored in the packaging material, released to the outside of the packaging material due to the decomposition of the oxidation part, and secondarily impregnates the electrode assembly.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrode for a secondary battery and a method of manufacturing an electrode for a secondary battery. The electrode for a secondary battery according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes an electrode current collector including a coated portion and an uncoated portion, an active material layer located on the coated portion of the electrode current collector, a dimple portion formed on the surface of the uncoated portion, and a plastic deformation layer formed on the surface of the dimple portion.

Abstract: A negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material layer, wherein the negative electrode active material layer includes a negative electrode active material and a conductive agent, wherein the negative electrode active material includes a silicon-based active material, the silicon-based active material includes SiOx(0?x<2), the conductive agent includes a carbon nanotube structure in which 2 to 5,000 single-walled carbon nanotube units are bonded side by side, and the carbon nanotube structure is included in an amount of 0.01 wt % to 1.0 wt % in the negative electrode active material layer. A secondary battery including the negative electrode, and a method of preparing same are also provided.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material, a method for producing the same, and a positive electrode and a lithium secondary battery in including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method of producing a positive electrode active material includes mixing a lithium transition metal oxide and a carbon-based material having a hollow structure to form a mixture, and mechanically treating the mixture to form a carbon coating layer on the surface of the lithium transition metal oxide, wherein the carbon-based material has a chain shape, and has a specific surface area of 500 m2/g or greater, a graphitization degree (ID/IG) of 1.0 or higher, and a dibutylphthalate (DBP) absorption of 300 mL/100 g or greater.

Abstract: A serial connection apparatus includes a connector group including first to mth connector modules, each of which includes a first connector and a second connector, and a wire bundle. The first connector of the first connector module is connected to a first power terminal of a charge/discharge unit. The second connector of the mth connector module is connected to a second power terminal of the charge/discharge unit. The second connector of a jth connector module (j is a natural number less than m) is connected to the first connector of a (j+1)th connector module via the wire bundle. When an ith cell slot (i is a natural number of m or less) is empty, the first connector of an ith connector module is electrically connected to the second connector of the ith connector module via the wire bundle.

Abstract: An electrochemical device separator including a porous polymer substrate and a porous organic/inorganic composite coating layer on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate. The porous organic/inorganic composite coating layer includes particulate binder polymers, a non-particulate acrylic-containing polymer, and first inorganic particles. The particulate binder polymers include hybrid polymer particles including a fluorine-containing polymer and an acrylic-containing polymer, and acrylic-containing polymer particles. The acrylic-containing polymer particles have a particle size D50 (a) in a range of 1 ?m to 7 ?m, the first inorganic particles have a particle size D50 (b) in a range of 200 nm to 800 nm, a/b is in a range of 2 to 15, and hybrid polymer particles have a particle size D50 less than 250 nm.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and an electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material layer having a positive electrode active material containing an overlithiated manganese-based oxide represented by Formula 1 below, and the negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material layer having a silicon-based negative electrode active material, LiaNibCocMndMeO2??[Formula 1] wherein, M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Al, B, Co, W, Mg, V, Ti, Zn, Ga, In, Ru, Nb, Sn, Sr, and Zr, and 1<a, 0?b?0.5, 0?c?0.1, 0.5?d<1.0, and 0?e?0.2, and. Preferably, in the Formula 1, 1.1?a?1.5, 0.1?b?0.4, 0?c?0.05, 0.5?d?0.80, and 0?e?0.1.

Abstract: The battery module according to the present disclosure includes: a battery cell assembly in which two or more longitudinal unit cells, each of which is composed of two or more battery cells having leads provided at both ends in the longitudinal direction and arranged in a row in the longitudinal direction, are stacked in a thickness direction of the battery cell; a module case in which the battery cell assembly is accommodated; a sensing line electrically connected to the electrode lead of a battery cell included in the battery cell assembly, and having one end exposed to an outside of the module case; and a sensing plate that is coupled to one end of the sensing line exposed to the outside.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal foil fatigue test apparatus and a metal foil fatigue test method using the same. The metal foil fatigue test apparatus includes: a metal foil moving unit including an unwinding roll, from which a metal foil is unwound, a plurality of guide rolls configured to support and transfer the metal foil supplied from the unwinding roll, and a rewinding roll where the metal foil transferred from the guide rolls is wound; and a tensile strength measuring unit configured to measure tensile strength of the metal foil.

Abstract: The battery rack includes a plurality of battery packs vertically arranged, each battery pack including a plurality of secondary batteries stacked in a direction, and a pack housing having an internal space to receive the plurality of secondary batteries and configured to be supplied with a fire extinguishing liquid when an internal temperature equals or rises above a predetermined temperature, and a rack case having a receiving space to receive the plurality of battery packs, and including a plurality of rack plates, each having a mounting surface on which the battery pack is mounted, the mounting surface sloping at a predetermined angle with declining height as it goes in any one direction, and an extension portion having an end of any one direction extending further outward than the lower battery pack.

Abstract: Disclosed is a slot die coater adjusting device, which adjusts a slot die coater including a lower die having a lower discharge hole for discharging a first active material slurry and an upper die having an upper discharge hole for discharging a second active material slurry, to adjust a distance between the lower discharge hole and the upper discharge hole by allowing the upper die to move. The slot die coater adjusting device includes pressing block assemblies respectively provided to both longitudinal sides of the slot die coater and fixed to the upper die; a linear motion (LM) guide disposed at a lower portion of the pressing block assembly and connected to the pressing block assembly to guide a movement of the pressing block assembly; a servo motor configured to give a power for moving the LM guide; and a reducer connected between the servo motor and the LM guide.

Abstract: A horn includes a plurality of protrusion formation parts, each of which has a plurality of protrusions that protrude from a welding surface and are arranged in a line in at least one row, the plurality of protrusion formation parts respectively configured to form pattern formation parts on an outermost electrode tab of electrode tabs of a secondary battery, and a protrusion-free part which is disposed between two protrusion formation parts of the plurality of protrusion formation parts and in which protrusions are not provided to expose the welding surface to an outside, the protrusion-free part configured to form a pattern-free part on the outermost electrode tab. The protrusion-free part has a width greater than a width of each of the protrusions.